Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

Unknown

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Rim fragment. Translucent blue layered with white appearing greyish blue, deep purple, purple layered with white appearing opaque pale red, turquoise blue layered with yellow appearing green, and opaque white, with colorless glass. Applied coil rim with vertical, rounded lip; side tapering inward. Rim in colorless glass with double white spiral threads; body decorated with bands slanting from top right to bottom left, forming a pattern: blue, white, blue, purple with white spiral thread, green, white, pale red, purple, pale red, white, purple with white spiral thread, and blue. Pinprick bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles; dulling and iridescent weathering on interior; iridescent weathering on edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891